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Convoy QP 11
| Convoy QP 11 naval battle | |||||||
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| Part of the Arctic convoys of the Second World War | |||||||
 HMS Edinburgh showing the damage to its stern after the attack by U-456 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Germany |
 United Kingdom  Soviet Union United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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3 destroyers 2 U-boats |
1 cruiser 6 destroyers 4 minesweeper 1 guard-ship | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 destroyer sunk |
1 cruiser sunk 3 destroyers damaged 1 Soviet freighter sunk | ||||||
Convoy QP 11 was an Arctic Convoy of the Second World War, made up of merchant ships returning from the Soviet Union to Britain after delivering their cargo. The convoy consisted of 13 merchant ships, escorted by 18 warships. The convoy was attacked by German destroyers and submarines, suffering the loss of one merchant ship as well as the light cruiser HMS Edinburgh. The Germans lost the destroyer Z7 Hermann Schoemann.
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